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An airport run and the Big, Beautiful Law have me thinking about perspective. We human beings are a funny lot. We can lift each other...

I started this piece a few days ago on what would have been my father’s 90 th birthday. He’s been gone too long, so long now that even...

The world is a dangerous place. And every now and again we are reminded that it is a truly blessed and prosperous nation that has the...

Fifty thousand more American families will feel the pain of losing a loved one to a bullet this year. This topic is as important as it gets.

Last fiscal year, our federal government took in $5 trillion dollars but spent $7 trillion. It spent 40% more than it had available to...

Thirty-two minutes, that is how long it takes to read the United States Constitution and its 27 amendments. Article II, Section 1 of the...

On July 21, 2005, shortly after the horrific terrorist bombings on the London transportation system that killed 52 people and injured...

My blog has been quiet this week and not for lack of things to talk about. I have a dozen pieces in the works, all on important topics....

Ronald Reagan, in his presidential farewell address, touted the accomplishments of the American economy during his time in office by...

The difference between effective and ineffective leadership lies mostly in asking the question, “And then what?” Every decision we make...

There is so much going on in the world of politics. But today I really want to take my monthly break from posting about that to instead...

It’s hard to succeed in big things if you can’t succeed in the small ones. And last week the United States Congress proved that point....

I met President Joe Biden once. It was after his vice presidency and before his decision to run for president. I told him that, as a...

Clichés typically become clichés because they are fundamentally true. As someone who fancies himself a bit of a writer, I spend most of...

I will get back to politics and policy soon enough. The potential topics are endless and important. But lately I’ve been thinking quite a...

I was glued to my television all day for President Trump’s second inaugural, from the time his motorcade left Blair House for the morning...

There are three places on this Earth where I do my best thinking, well two on Earth and one above it. The first is walking a beach…any...

On the morning of January 20, 1993, in his last hours as president, George H.W. Bush sat down at his desk and penned a letter to the man...

Why am I running for United States Congress? That’s a good question, particularly given how the last few weeks have gone. I’ve been...

As we begin to live through the presidential rematch that pits a man who lacks the capacity against a man who lacks the character, I have...